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યોગસૂત્રના રચનાકાર, સોમદત્ત અથવા ચંદ્રાત્રય તરીકે ઓળખાતા પતંજલિ અત્રિ ઋષિના ત્રીજા પુત્ર છે.
[[Image:patanjali.jpg|Patañjaliશેષનારાયણ asના anઅવતાર incarnationતરીકે of [[Adi Sesha]]પતંજલિ|thumb|right]]'''Patañjali''' ([[Devanagari|Devanāgarīસંસ્કૃત]] पतञ्जलि) ([[floruit|fl.]] 150 BCE<ref>
Jonardon Ganeri, ''Artha: Meaning'', Oxford University Press 2006, 1.2, p. 12</ref> or 2nd c. BCE<ref>S. Radhakrishnan, and C.A. Moore, (1957). A Source Book in Indian Philosophy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University, ch. XIII, Yoga, p.453</ref><ref name=gavin>Gavin A. Flood, 1996</ref>) isઆધુનિક theયુગમાં compilerફક્ત ofભારત theજ [[Yogaનહિં Sutras]],પણ anઆખા importantવિશ્વમાં collection of aphorisms on [[Yoga]] practiceયોગ, andધ્યાન alsoનો theપ્રચાર authorઅને ofપ્રસાર theખુબ [[Mahābhāṣya]],જોવા aમળે majorછે commentaryજેમના onસૂત્રકાર [[Pāṇini]]'sપતંજલિ [[Ashtadhyayi]].ઋષિ However, whether these two works are that of the same author or not remains in some doubtછે.
In recent decades the Yoga Sutra has become quite popular worldwide for the precepts regarding practice of [[Raja Yoga]] and its philosophical basis. "Yoga" in traditional [[Hinduism]] involves inner contemplation, a rigorous system of [[meditation]] practice, [[ethics]], [[metaphysics]], and devotion to God, or [[Brahman]]. At the same time, his Mahābhāṣya, which first foregrounded the notion of [[semantics|meaning]] as referring to [[categorization]], remains an important treatise in [[Sanskrit grammarians|Sanskrit linguistic philosophy]].
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